Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake
Salvadora hexalepis deserticola
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- S. h. deserticola – Sierra Co, NM – photo from iNaturalist, Richard D. Reams
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Salvadora h. deserticola occurs along the Rio Grande River in the Big Bend region of Texas, and in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Salvadora hexalepis deserticola (Schmidt – 1940)
Genus: Salvadora, Latin – salvus= whole, sound, well preserved + dura = hide, skin
Species: hexalepis, Greek – hex = six + lepisma = scale – ref. 6th supralabial reaching the eye in the holotype
Subspecies: deserticola, Latin – desert = a dry place + icola = an inhabitant of
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962